New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-14

of the costly buildings along it. and William
st. is not accessible from the ncighborhood OF
the City Hall The proposition to open an
additional street is new one and one OF
course not to be hastily adopted. There IS
| much that can be said both for and against IT,
and the Board will doubtless give everybody
q chance to be heard. e..
| MR. LAMAR AND THE SCPRENE COURT
The known strength Of loyal feeling through
out the Northern States justifes the assertion
that the semi-of1cial announcement Of Presl-
dent Clcvcands purpose to appoint Secretary
Lamar to the vacant place on The Supreme
Court bench has been received with distrust
and dsfavor which have not yet found adequate
expression. The recent scandaous canonlzation
of jefferson Davis, the rebel flag and the lost
cause at Macon. has revived in many hearts
stern and impatient sentiment of hatred OF
all that the Southern martyr stands tor-a
sentiment which possibly had slept too long
and which possibly needs TO be awakened to
still more vigorous life. If IN the MINDS OF
multitude of men who love their country Mr.
Clcvcands candidate for the Supreme Court
represents more perfectly than most of his sur
viving comrades the treason which they once
oractiscd and still preach, Mr.. Lamar Is certainly
responsible as he is probably grateful for that
| fact His course of conduct before during ana
since the war entities him to the distinction.
| Mr. Lamar is not one Of those whom the stress
of events drove into rebellion unrcasonlngly
and almost against their VIII. He was an
avowcd sccessionist long before the time for
secession arrivcd-and, moreover practical
and not a theoretical sCccSSoniSt. In 1879 he
declared from his scat in the House Of Repre-
scntativcs that it was his deliberate Intention
whenever he thought the justification sufficient,
to make war upon your Govern
mcnt to raise then the banner OF
secession and to fight under 1t as
long as the blood flows and Gibbs in my veins
and in the same debate he proclaimed the abb
Soutc right Of notification. He amply redeemed
his promise when the anticipated moment came.
He haStcncd to Mississippi assisted IN the Scc' S
sion of his State and the organization OF the
Confcdcracy, and thcnccforward throughout the
war devoted whatever abilities he possessed rs
soldier and civil servant to the overthrow OF
that Constitution Of which the President now
designs TO make him one OF the special ana
ultimate guardians
| As Mr.. Lamar was among the first to organize
rebellion so is he evidently determined to be
among the last 10 learn the lessons Of dcicat.
He has upheld, shared in and personally prolitcd
by the fraud and violence which in his own
State and throughout the South have converted
popular elections into farce and republican
government into an oligarchy. The enjoyment OF
Northern hospitality the fascination Of North
crn capital, the enthusiasm OF some pubhc
celebration, or n closer insight into the truth
has occasionally drawn from other soldiers ana
statesmen Of the South fcrvcnt expressions OF
present loyalty and. in rare instances, Of a
feeling almost akin TO regret. But no rccol-
lection Of tragic past or vision Of a prosper
Gus future has ever betrayed Mr. Lamar into
an acknowledgment that his treason was any
thing less than glorious. Among his last utter
anccs on the floor OF the Senate before taking
bis seat in the Cabinet was the declaration
that ono one shall rise and in my presence
call jefferson Davis traitor without meeting
stern and decided denial" In any other
country on the face Of the earth, and at any
other period in the history Of the United States
tho announcement that the Head Of the state
bad placed the keeping Of lis fundamental law
the bond and symbol of its cXiStcncc-in the
nlnuS OF SUCH u HldH WOuIu HdN' "PP'h'" W.
every citizen more than incrcdibIc-it would
have appeared grotcsquc.
But passing by his eager and persistent dis
loyalty leaving out Of consideration his active
hostility to the operation of those Constitutional
Amendments which he hopes to be presently
sworn to defend forgetting, even. for The mo-
mcnt those infirmitics Of conscience and temper
to which he once invited the attention Of The
country by gross and insocnt defiance OF the
court at whose bar he stood as attorney and
officer, there is no man living to-day-judgc.
counsellor client or acquantancc-whoh has any
reasonable ground for supposng that, merely
from the professional point Of view Mr.. Lamar
is fit to sit upon the Supreme bench. 1t is not
strange that a man Of President Cleveland ;
rudimcntary knowledge and feeble powers OF
mind should be impressed even by the langwd
intellect and scanty legal attainmcnts Of Mr..
Lamar, but no lawyer of talent and learning
who has come into contact with the Secretary OF
the Interior has been deceived
grave responsibility will shortly rest upon
the United States Senate. II will be the duty
OF that body TO confirm the nomination Of a
man TO fill the vacancy in the Supreme Court
caused by the death Of Mr.. Justice Woods. Ii
will not be the duty Of that body TO confirm
the nomination Of man who is inherently in
capable Of filling that vacancy.
PULICE BRUTALITY IN BROOhLYN.
Policeman ODca, Of Brooklyn, has got HIM
l.... Hoo. nm.